IELTS Preparation Series 2, Episode 24: New Training
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Hello. I'm Margot Politis. Welcome to Study English, IELTS preparation.
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Today we're going to talk about adverbs.
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Adverbs are useful because they give us more information about an action, event or situation.
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If I said they were very useful, that would be an example of using the adverb very to
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add to or modify the word useful
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But first, let's listen to our story about a new training program, to help fix the problem
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of there not being enough skilled workers in Australia.
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For too long, we didn't train enough people. We didn't put enough energy into getting people
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into apprenticeships and traineeships. We just let market forces, laissez-faire approach,
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dominate, and it didn't work.
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We've established a school apprenticeship link program, which this year will have 500
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young Western Australians, predominantly, but not totally, boys, providing them with
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apprenticeships basically that they can take up in the mining and other industries.
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Fortunately, I don't think it has been left too late, so long as we very proactively tackle
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the situation now and don't delay any longer.
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OK. Let's look more closely at adverbs.
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Adverbs work by modifying words. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or preposition
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phrases.
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Using adverbs correctly will improve your communication skills.
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They answer such questions as how? how often?
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when? where?
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and why?
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Because they have different functions, it's useful to describe adverbs according to categories.
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Here are some of the categories that adverbs can be divided into:
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adverbs of frequency - occasionally, usually, frequently, often
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adverbs of place somewhere, here, outside
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adverbs of manner quickly, carefully, suddenly
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adverbs of degree really, fairly, very, rather, extremely
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and finally focusing adverbs specifically, only, particularly
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Did you notice that most of these adverbs end in the suffix -ly? Many adverbs are formed
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by adding -ly to an adjective. For example:
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frequent + ly - frequently
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careful + ly - carefully
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quick + ly - quickly
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real + ly - really
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Let's listen to Alan Carpenter, a State Government minister, talking about an apprenticeship
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program. He uses a number of -ly adverbs. Can you identify the category they belong
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to?
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We've established a school apprenticeship link program, which this year will have 500
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young Western Australians, predominantly, but not totally, boys, providing them with
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apprenticeships basically that they can take up in the mining and other industries.
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Alan uses the adverbs predominantly and totally.
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These are degree expressions. They're adverbs of degree.
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Adverbs of degree can answer questions such as to what extent or to what degree. They
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also function as modifiers of adjectives and adverbs.
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Look at this sentence:
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They will provide 500 young people, predominantly, but not totally, boys, with apprenticeships.
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predominantly, but not totally
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They answer the question: To what extent will the apprenticeships be offered to boys?
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predominantly, but not totally
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Let's listen to Dave Smith, head of the